At its twenty-eighth session, in January 2003, the Committee requested the Division for the Advancement of Women to submit to it at its twenty-ninth session a paper with information on the jurisprudence, if any, in other treaty bodies concerning the aspect of sexual orientation as it relates to discrimination and the enjoyment of human rights.1 The present paper, submitted in response to that request, compiles information from relevant case law, concluding observations, general comments and other work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Committee.
En su 28° período de sesiones, celebrado en enero de 2003, el Comité pidió a la División para el Adelanto de la Mujer que le presentara en su 29° período de sesiones un documento con información sobre la jurisprudencia, si la hubiera, de otros organismos creados en virtud de tratados relativa al aspecto de la orientación sexual en lo que se refiere a la discriminación y al disfrute de los derechos humanos.